tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post7490739174122709035..comments2024-03-29T10:54:23.099+00:00Comments on The IPKat: The stripes strike backVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-26638628387762611882008-05-13T15:58:00.000+01:002008-05-13T15:58:00.000+01:00Is Adidas going to face a problem at the Olympics ...Is Adidas going to face a problem at the Olympics (TM) where the advertising space on competitor's clothes is severely limited? Will they be arguing that the "three stripes" is not a trade mark and therefore not advertising? Time will tell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-72175528702715265132008-05-13T12:55:00.000+01:002008-05-13T12:55:00.000+01:00Is "la marque aux trois bandes" so difficult to un...Is "la marque aux trois bandes" so difficult to understand?? - oh, it was a US jury (no doubt made up exclusively of entrepreneurs)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-14212573300275663222008-05-13T09:38:00.000+01:002008-05-13T09:38:00.000+01:00It's called subservience to the property-owning cl...It's called subservience to the property-owning classes. It may change once Bush has gone.Dr Schoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16416876559415465874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-76545445139301111362008-05-13T07:37:00.000+01:002008-05-13T07:37:00.000+01:00Just because trade marks are all about consumer pe...Just because trade marks are all about consumer perception doesn't mean that (in fact,God forbid) they should be decided by consumers (juries). <BR/><BR/>By the way, has anyone thought to argue that (as I heard an eminent barrister recently doing in an informal setting)that the stripes should be viewed in 'negative'; ie that in your illustration there are two (black against white background) and not three stripes ! Pretty darn clever, eh ? Perhaps that's what fooled the good jury of Portland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-12775293296645297762008-05-13T05:49:00.000+01:002008-05-13T05:49:00.000+01:00The question isn't one of whether the mark is view...The question isn't one of whether the mark is viewed as an indicator of origin, so much as what signs and emblems can be used by others without being regarded as infringements.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123244020588707776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-34591994301235379392008-05-12T22:40:00.000+01:002008-05-12T22:40:00.000+01:00Does the three stripes really get only narrow prot...Does the three stripes really get only narrow protection in the EU? I'm not aware of a case where a court has decided that the mark is not an indicator of origin...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com